Ronald (Ron) A. Kelly
June 11 1929 -
BC Society of Artistsbr>
Director's Guild of Canada
Director's Guild of America
Ronald Kelly was born in Vancouver. He attended UBC
from 1948 to 1953. He was employed by the CBC from 1953-55 in Vancouver as a
film director & writer.
In 1954 he opened the Ron Kelly Gallery in Vancouver at 1325 West Pender Street.
He exhibited artwork in the 1954 44th Annual exhibition of the
B.C. Society of Artists. He also exhibited with
the group in 1956.
He exhibited at the Vancouver Art Gallery in the BC Artists
exhibitions in 1953, 1954, and 1957.
He worked for the BBC in London UK from 1960 to 1961. In 1968 he was employed by
Walt Disney. He was living in Toronto in 1972.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
References - General
CREATIVE CANADA - Volumes One & Two (refer to CC71)
Over a full column of information on Kelly.
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
GREATER VANCOUVER ART GALLERIES 1954-2020 (refer to GVAG20)
Clippings
"A unique gallery on the West Coast has recently opened in Vancouver's west end,
close to the city's central down-town area. Devoted to the sale of contemporary
Canadian paintings, the gallery also hopes to foster a closer relationship between
the art of eastern and western Canada. Ronald Kelly, the young man behind the
project, who is himself a painter, has hand picked a really good collection in which
established painters, as well as younger lesser known artists, from all parts of
Canada, are included. Some western painters are better represented than they usually
are in exhibitions on the West Coast. The gallery is situated in an old house,
tastefully and simply decorated, the rooms of which provide a fine and intimate
atmosphere for displaying and viewing pictures. Early indicators are that the Vancouver
public is ready to give its support to this venture."
"Enterprising Art Venture on West Coast"
CANADIAN ART Vol. 9 No. 2 Winter 1954 page 77
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